Aurora suspect arrested at funeral

When murder suspect Clifford McKinney attended his mother's funeral Wednesday in Holly Springs, Miss., there were two people in attendance he had not yet met.

As it turns out, the two were deputy U.S marshals eager to meet McKinney, police said.

They escorted McKinney outside and, with the assistance of Marshall County sheriff's deputies, arrested him on a first-degree murder charge and weapons charges in the recent slaying of an Aurora teenager who may have been killed in a case of mistaken identity.

McKinney, 21, of the 100 block of North Calhoun Street, Aurora, on Thursday was awaiting extradition to Aurora.

McKinney is accused of killing Josua A. Valenciano, 17, who was shot once in the head Saturday night as he drove home employees of his father's music and video store.

Soon after a warrant for McKinney's arrest was issued Monday, police learned he might have been headed for Holly Springs.

Police continued to search Thursday for one or two other men and a woman who may have been with McKinney in front of apartments on the southeast corner of New York Street and Lincoln Avenue moments before the shooting.

Anyone who witnessed or has information about the shooting is asked to call detectives at 630-801-6662.